Lot 3344
Navy Dept., 1873, 2¢ ultramarine (O36), "Washington, D.C., Aug 3, 1881" station "3" duplex on small cover addressed locally to "R.E. Peary, C.E.", ms O.B. notation at upper left, violet Washington "Carrier" c.d.s. on reverse; opened irregularly at right, Fine, single 2¢ local rate.
Estimate 500 - 750
This cover was addressed to a young Robert Edwin Peary, famed Arctic Explorer, who at the time was a draftsman with the U.S. Coast & Geodetic Survey.
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